This item is prepared from Item No. 412. The tenderloin and all bones and cartilages shall be excluded. On the blade end, the longissimus shall be at least twice as large as the spinalis dorsi. The sirloin is eliminated anterior to the hip bone cartilage and shall expose the gluteus medius.
The belly shall be excluded by a cut ventral to, but not more than 4.0 inches (10.0 cm) from the longissimus at the blade end to a point on the sirloin end ventral to, but not more than 3.0 inches (7.5 cm) form the longissimus. To facilitate packaging, this item may be butterflied perpendicular to the length of the loin. See Item 412 for purchaser belly removal options.
